i just watched an interview with per and martin mendez. the guy who conducted it clearly had little idea who he was talking to, asking stupid questions that obviously betrayed his lack of opeth knowledge.
i was cringing. per and martin were both good sports though; they played along with it, martin just chilling and being funny, per doing his best to inject the interview with some form of intelligence.
here are some questions asked, paraphrased somewhat:
"what's the writing process for you guys, does it just flow or is it hard for you... what are your influences, how do you approach the writing process etc etc...?"
mendez smirked. "i just play bass," he said. per later pointed out that mikael does most of the songwriting.
"i heard you had some technical difficulties on one of your albums..."
two albums actually: deliverance and damnation. moron! at least reference the albums in question! i mean, if he knew enough to know that they had trouble recording those albums, he should've at least made note of their titles.
"why did you choose to play an entire album in some of your concerts at one point?"
he was referring to damnation, obviously. again, he couldn't name the album. a real expert this interviewer. i thought the answer was obvious. apparently so did per, who explained that because damnation was a mellow album, it just made sense to play it in it's entirety. it was a unique album and worked well played whole.
sorry dudes, the interviewer just really got on my nerves. his questions, his seeming lack of interview experience... it was like listening to an overly long fart. it starts out exciting but the longer it gets, the more annoying it becomes.
opeth deserve better than that. in fact, no band - with the exception of perhaps hanson and every boyband in existence - should have to put up with those kinds of interviews. WTF?
i was cringing. per and martin were both good sports though; they played along with it, martin just chilling and being funny, per doing his best to inject the interview with some form of intelligence.
here are some questions asked, paraphrased somewhat:
"what's the writing process for you guys, does it just flow or is it hard for you... what are your influences, how do you approach the writing process etc etc...?"
mendez smirked. "i just play bass," he said. per later pointed out that mikael does most of the songwriting.
"i heard you had some technical difficulties on one of your albums..."
two albums actually: deliverance and damnation. moron! at least reference the albums in question! i mean, if he knew enough to know that they had trouble recording those albums, he should've at least made note of their titles.
"why did you choose to play an entire album in some of your concerts at one point?"
he was referring to damnation, obviously. again, he couldn't name the album. a real expert this interviewer. i thought the answer was obvious. apparently so did per, who explained that because damnation was a mellow album, it just made sense to play it in it's entirety. it was a unique album and worked well played whole.
sorry dudes, the interviewer just really got on my nerves. his questions, his seeming lack of interview experience... it was like listening to an overly long fart. it starts out exciting but the longer it gets, the more annoying it becomes.
opeth deserve better than that. in fact, no band - with the exception of perhaps hanson and every boyband in existence - should have to put up with those kinds of interviews. WTF?
